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According to a statement by the ministry, this is a remarkable improvement on the record 4,189.3MW recorded on December 24, 2011.
The statement attributed the increased generation to “continuous improvement in capacity of generation stations across the country.”
The Geregu Thermal Station in Kogi State, which had only two out of the three installed units running on account of gas supply shortage, was said to be producing 420MW now, the highest ever from all three units.
“All required gas molecules now get to the plant,” a senior engineer at the station was quoted as confirming on Sunday night.
“The Jebba Hydro Station, which has historically been producing between 250MW and 300MW, now generates 413MW out of the 540MW installed capacity.
“Only five units are working, as work on the rehabilitation of the sixth unit known as 2G6 has yet to commence because of the controversy surrounding the attempt to award the contract in the early part of last year,” the statement said.
The Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, was said to be satisfied with a new style, which the station’s management had adopted to manage water available to the hydro facility.
The statement added that the 1,320MW Egbin power plant, the biggest in the country, which was shut down about three weeks ago because of old age and poor maintenance of some sensitive parts, produced as much as 949MW on Monday from five units.
“The sixth unit of the plant, which was inaugurated in 1986, was expected to return to service by the middle of last year from Japan where the original manufacturer, Marubeni, is rehabilitating it after years of being idle in Nigeria,” it said.
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is dat what we need. wat a sorry country,south africa witha lower population and resources generate roughly 50,000MW and about 2,000MW from a nuclear reactor,. so what r we saying?
ReplyDeleteso should we be jubilating on 4200MW to be used by almost 150million nigerians?
I am sure that these people must think we are dim-witted nitwits. How does that figure help us? How do we truly measure that what they say is correct. In my area where i live (Ikotun) what we have seen in the past months are steadily declining power, higher and crazier bills + crazy, incompetent and highly obnoxious staff of the PHCN wherever you meet them. As i speak with you, we have not had power in the last three days. So shut up! Shhhhhhhhhhh!
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